Trackside Thursday

Great stuff guys I’m late but here’s today’s offering. Just unloaded a crawler trackside for some work

@lee drennen- neat scene Lee.  I love that Mac Bulldog radiator ornament, I remember those from when I was a kid and I loved big trucks.  All the Best

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@lee drennen- neat scene Lee.  I love that Mac Bulldog radiator ornament, I remember those from when I was a kid and I loved big trucks.  All the Best

Don

Thanks Don I actually drove several Mack’s over my 33 years in the trucking industry. I custom built that one.

workers at the operating switch tower, more worried about that garden.

Well hello TsTh fans !  Here is some action at the the end of the wharf branch of the Leonardtown and Savannah.  These are some folks getting ready to depart for the suburbs along about mid-day.  Likely just some shoppers, or folks doing a bit of business with the local industries and heading home for an early afternoon.  The Interurban Service to the suburbs has arrived and is ready to take on passengers before reversing its course and heading out of town.

Best wishes, hope your week is going well

Don

Happy TsTh here’s a old pic just unloaded some transformers on the lowboy

TRACKSIDE for this fine Thursday!  

Looks like the way freight has set out a flat car with a power shovel on its' deck.   Brakeman Griff Flannigan gives the locomotive engineer a hand stop signal.  Since Griff has a bad knee he can't jump on a moving train, no matter how slow it's going.  Once stopped o'l Griff will put his good foot in the stirrup, ride the hoper car to the switch, carefully step off and throw the switch.  Once the switch is thrown, he will then ride the hopper back to the rest of the train, couple up, hobble to the engine, and do it all again somewhere down the line.   O'l Griff is hanging in there, bad knee and all,  because he's only got 13 days until he retires.  O'l Griff was just tellin his brother law Thatcher Brownley this morning " Yep!  Just 13 more days and I'm saying good bye to crossties and creosote!    The boys on the crew plan to throw Griff a big party over at Molly's Bar and Bistro the day he retires.   Ya'll better keep that under your hat too!  It spoosed to be a surprise!   ... just another day on the railroad!

Griff gives hand signals as the locomotive eases the hopper back to the rest of the train.

Well here we area again at TsThur...we had 4 poster's last week, THANK YOU Sitka, Lee, and Patrick...so maybe we can entice a few more this week.

Well we all know that all that stuff that comes in those box cars, has to be trans loaded into trucks to get it to where it finally needs to go...here is a scene down at the yard freight station of the fleet of trucks picking up packages both small and large.

Hope your week is going well.  Happy Thursday (Hey its all downhill from here )

Best Wishes

Don

Well, @Lee Drennen, Lee, this is a fun to review thread, many trackside settings fun to see, @Don McErlean, Don, wow, that’s a beautiful tinplate freight station, Marx more than likely, cool scene, it’s a Wow…. Happy Railroading Everyone

I like the mermaid in @leapinlarry 's pictures but, unfortunately, all I have are hobos. I'm sure I'd spend more time in the train room if I had mermaids.

Bob

@bobfett, thanks for the like and your layout is really nice, your men at work scene is cool. I added Lionel’s accessory with workman sounds and it’s fun to listen to. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry - Hey thanks for the compliment...yes that big lithographed freight station is Marx, until I put in the yard extension it was so big I had nowhere it would fit .  Larry your pictures are great  thanks for posting.  I had no heard  of that Lionel "workmen sounds" accessory, I need to look for that myself, it looks cool.  I like the mermaid as well !!

@bobfett- great scene, the hobo's look happy so all must be ok...

Best to everyone

Don

TRACKSIDE FOR THIS FINE THURSDAY! ... Edna and Herbert like to sit on the bench outside Don's Barber Shop and people watch.  Herbert also enjoys seeing the trains go by.  Phillips Seafood Distributors makes a delivery to The Crazy Crab Seafood Restaurant which is also a tenant in the same building as Don's Barber Shop.   A local way freight should be along shortly.  

Pumping Oil on this fine Thursday.

Nice Sitka!  I love those tank cars.

Getting ready to unload sand to the sand tower with the newly installed pneumatic blower system.

Gene

Here’s some Trackside Thursday in the Town of Paradise. Cows and pigs evening dinner with SP 1102 parked for the night.

Busy trackside dock this evening! Molly’s Diner across the street gives the workers a nice place to go for a coffee break as they will have a long night ahead!

Happy Thursday!

I was very busy yesterday and missed TSThus. So here’s mine. It’s getting that time of year again time to load up on some coal for the winter on the  trackside.

Thanks everyone for contributing yesterday your tracksides look great. Keep them coming next week.

@WesternPacific2217, Scott, thanks for showing pictures of two beautiful diesels, on your really nice layout. Your scenery is beautiful. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

@WesternPacific2217, Scott, thanks for showing pictures of two beautiful diesels, on your really nice layout. Your scenery is beautiful. Happy Railroading Everyone

Hi Larry, thanks for the Kudo's and glad you enjoyed the photos. You and I seem to have similar taste in locomotives, EMD F Series and SD-70's.

Engineer taking in some music from and old man and his hound. Have a good thursday!

The city zoo has many visitors, even in the winter.

The fellows at General Door and Sash are taking a smoke break...its hot in that wood shop and the air is full of sawdust!

Best Wishes

Don

Really busy day at wharf yard as the trains get ready to move out and clear the yard for the next incoming round of ships.

Best wishes and happy TST!!  everyone.

Don

Nice assortment there Don. You're right, a very busy day.

@Jerry Williams - Thanks Jerry glad you enjoyed the picture...Don

Here's my trackside photos for this fine Thursday!!

View from my campsite.  

Bad order car:  Great Northeastern caboose sits on the team track in Lower Patsburg.  Car Dept employees Walt Pulaski and Tinker Evans are waiting for the Car Dept tool truck to arrive so they can repair this bad order car and get it underway.  

@trumpettrain- Patrick thanks for a great contribution, beautiful pictures and as always a neat story.

Don

Got some old Walthers signals

@Don McErlean posted:

@trumpettrain- Patrick thanks for a great contribution, beautiful pictures and as always a neat story.

Don

Thank you so much Don!  

Well hello again TsTh fans...hope your week is going well.  Here is a scene at the base of my control tower monitoring 2 lines and 2 switches into the adjacent yard and passing tracks.  Its always hard to keep the curious and you "rail fans" out of this area but its really dangerous with a lot of moving locomotives and rolling stock.  Signs and even a watchman are posted to maintain safety.

Best wishes everyone.

Don

The main line runs by the lake.

Here’s today’s TST. Getting ready to unload a Millitary tanker that I custom built a couple years ago by shorting a old Revell now Atlantis trailer

Here's what's trackside today.  

Pennsy custom diner by Jack Pearce.  

GG1 # 4876 The historic locomotive that pulled the Federal which crashed through Washington DC's Union Station in January 1953.  This scale model is by Williams.

Well my track side scene today depicts a near tragedy, it turns out that the "necessary" near the freight station needs repair and in a hurry it being the only sanitary facility close by.  So the repair folks have arrived and they are working to restore service.  Meanwhile the freight station dog looks on from in front of his house to make sure that no damage is done.

Happy Thursday everyone...Today is my 79th Birthday...Goodness I am getting old but still playing with trains

Best Wishes everyone

Don

The main line runs past the Disney Park in the winter.

@Don McErlean posted:

Well my track side scene today depicts a near tragedy, it turns out that the "necessary" near the freight station needs repair and in a hurry it being the only sanitary facility close by.  So the repair folks have arrived and they are working to restore service.  Meanwhile the freight station dog looks on from in front of his house to make sure that no damage is done.

Happy Thursday everyone...Today is my 79th Birthday...Goodness I am getting old but still playing with trains

Best Wishes everyone

Don

Happy Birthday, Don. What better way to spend it than running trains (and, hopefully, not waiting for the "necessary").

Bob

@Don McErlean posted:

Well my track side scene today depicts a near tragedy, it turns out that the "necessary" near the freight station needs repair and in a hurry it being the only sanitary facility close by.  So the repair folks have arrived and they are working to restore service.  Meanwhile the freight station dog looks on from in front of his house to make sure that no damage is done.

Happy Thursday everyone...Today is my 79th Birthday...Goodness I am getting old but still playing with trains

Best Wishes everyone

Don

Happy Birthday Don! I’m the same way the older I get the more I enjoy Model Trains. I’ll be 55 on Sunday

@Genemed, @bobfett, @lee drennen - Thanks for the Birthday greetings fellows, Lee... Happy Birthday (Sunday!) to you as well.

Best wishes

Don